Big Energy-Little Learners...Can I do it all?

Here a couple activities we did during this week to get moving, some science, and a daddy folder. Bubble Wrap Stomp A sensory experience for feet and fingers.  I was so excited for this activity! I spread out some bubble wrap and tapped it to the floor.  Then had the kids line up to run across it hearing the bubbles popping under their feet.   This didn't happen :(.  Perhaps it was because the bubble wrap was from the dollar store but there was no popping.   So I told the kids to jump on it, which they did without hesitation.  Still no popping....what? I split the bubble up and gave each child (and parent) a piece to pop with their fingers.  Still no popping!  We tried rolling it up and twisting it and we got a few pops but not much.  All in all the kids had a blast jumping and squeezing the bubble wrap.  And the few pops we did get were very exciting.  If I ever want to mail something fragile I know where ...

Today we wrapped up our letter x activities.  I am pleasantly surprised that I was able to finish the week in a week. I thought I might need the weekend days to finish up. Sensory Activity My lesson plan calls for a sensory activity each week. We may explore things that may be considered sensory but these once a week activities are more the 'sensory bin' types or small world play. I ended up with two bins this week.  1 planned, 1 spontaneous but it worked out great! As you know we have been practicing rectangles.  As I was cleaning up toys I noticed a lot of the toys were rectangles. What a perfect way to practice rectangles! The second bin was a rice sensory bin.   To go along with our explorers theme I hid purple gems in the rice for my little dragon to find.  He had to explore the rice to find the gems. I thought he would enjoy finding them all but every one he found he buried again.  Therefore the rice is still full of gems. :) Circl...